For such an active music scene, Asheville has a relative dearth of metal acts. Chalk it up to our city’s folk-friendly, jam-loving, hipster-empowering counterculture, but if you really want to rock out, you’ve got limited options. In fact, the downtown set’s general reluctance to embrace the headbanging vibe has actually caused them to miss out on local acts like Sanctity and The Monsters of Japan, who are typically embraced by out-of-town crowds.
Few awesome local metal acts have been as overlooked as mindshapefist, a hardcore/Southern rock four-piece piledriver of a band that have consistently rocked their crowds to the limit. They’ll be playing on Saturday, Feb. 10, at Broadway’s.
Anyone out there planning to attend the show? Any thoughts on Asheville’s metal scene?
—Steve Shanafelt, A&E reporter
